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Trends and Disparities in Access to Buprenorphine Treatment Following an Opioid-Related Emergency Department Visit Among an Insured Cohort, 2014-2020
Stevens MA, Tsai J, Savitz ST, Nath B, Melnick ER, D’Onofrio G, Jeffery MM. Trends and Disparities in Access to Buprenorphine Treatment Following an Opioid-Related Emergency Department Visit Among an Insured Cohort, 2014-2020. JAMA Network Open 2022, 5: e2215287. PMID: 35657629, PMCID: PMC9166266, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.15287.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTrends in Electronic Health Record Inbox Messaging During the COVID-19 Pandemic in an Ambulatory Practice Network in New England
Nath B, Williams B, Jeffery MM, O’Connell R, Goldstein R, Sinsky CA, Melnick ER. Trends in Electronic Health Record Inbox Messaging During the COVID-19 Pandemic in an Ambulatory Practice Network in New England. JAMA Network Open 2021, 4: e2131490. PMID: 34636917, PMCID: PMC8511977, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.31490.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTrends in Emergency Department Visits and Hospital Admissions in Health Care Systems in 5 States in the First Months of the COVID-19 Pandemic in the US
Jeffery MM, D’Onofrio G, Paek H, Platts-Mills TF, Soares WE, Hoppe JA, Genes N, Nath B, Melnick ER. Trends in Emergency Department Visits and Hospital Admissions in Health Care Systems in 5 States in the First Months of the COVID-19 Pandemic in the US. JAMA Internal Medicine 2020, 180: 1328-1333. PMID: 32744612, PMCID: PMC7400214, DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.3288.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHospital admission ratesEmergency department visitsED visitsHealth care systemAdmission ratesDepartment visitsHospital admissionCare systemCOVID-19 pandemicLarge health care systemAcute care deliveryCross-sectional studyAnnual ED volumeCoronavirus disease 2019Daily ED visitsInflux of patientsPublic health officialsCOVID-19 case ratesCOVID-19 casesNational public healthDisease 2019MAIN OUTCOMEED volumeSerious symptomsContagious infection
2024
Racial, Ethnic, and Age-Related Disparities in Sedation and Restraint Use for Older Adults in the Emergency Department
Jivalagian P, Gettel C, Smith C, Robinson L, Brinker M, Shah D, Kumar A, Faustino I, Nath B, Chang-Sing E, Taylor R, Kennedy M, Hwang U, Wong A. Racial, Ethnic, and Age-Related Disparities in Sedation and Restraint Use for Older Adults in the Emergency Department. American Journal Of Geriatric Psychiatry 2024 PMID: 39054237, DOI: 10.1016/j.jagp.2024.07.004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPhysical restraint useRestraint useOlder adultsED visitsPhysical restraintEmergency departmentElectronic health record dataHealth record dataBlack non-HispanicPatient-level characteristicsAge-related disparitiesAssociated with increased useRegional hospital networkCross-sectional studyLogistic regression modelsChemical sedationRetrospective cross-sectional studyNon-Hispanic groupNon-HispanicAgitation managementHospital sitesHospital networkRecord dataWhite non-Hispanic groupPrimary outcome